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Letter from James Roberts, Mariners' Lodge, Liverpool to John Allen, Clements Inn,...

Catalogue reference: AR/1008/7

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This record is a file about the Letter from James Roberts, Mariners' Lodge, Liverpool to John Allen, Clements Inn,... dating from 8 February 1785.

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AR/1008/7

Title

Letter from James Roberts, Mariners' Lodge, Liverpool to John Allen, Clements Inn, London

Date

8 February 1785

Description

Letter from James Roberts, Worshipful Master, Mariner's Lodge, No. 450, Liverpool, to John Allen, Clements' Inn, London mentioning a recent visit to London over the Christmas and New Year period and concerns raised in correspondence received by John Shortcliffe, Senior Warden. Roberts has retained the Lodge warrant, despite Shortcliffe assuming the title of Worshipful Master, as the former experienced trouble arising from unsettled financial problems and complains about the inebriety of the Wardens and general poor conduct of local freemasons, except for members of Merchant's Lodge, No. 428, Liverpool [SN 976].

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Museum of Freemasonry
Creator(s)
Mariners' Lodge, No. 249, Woolton
Physical description

1 document

Administrative / biographical background

Mariners' Lodge was granted a warrant by the Moderns' Grand Lodge on 1 March 1783 to meet as No. 249 and met at the Mariner's Compass, New Dock, Liverpool. The Lodge now meets at Woolton Hall, Speke Road, Woolton.

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Letter from James Roberts, Mariners' Lodge, Liverpool to John Allen, Clements Inn, London